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Hedy Lamarr, Not Just Another Pretty Face: Actress and Co-inventor of Communications Technology

By: Penny White

Barbie® Inventor Ruth Handler: The Most Successful Toy in Toy Industry History

By: Penny White

Ida Henrietta Hyde Invented the Microelectrode: Powerful Device Enabled Research on a Cellular Level

By: Penny White

Oldsmobile Cars Inventor Ransom E. Olds: Instant Success and First Automotive Assembly Line

By: Feature Writer Kathleen Airdrie

Stephanie Kwolek, Inventor of Kevlar®: Fibers Stronger than Steel used in Bulletproof Vests

By: Penny White

Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 -1859): British Engineer and Inventor

By: Jo Lamb-White

Josephine Cochrane, Inventor of the Dishwasher: A Way to Save the FIna China

By: Penny White

Mary Anderson Invented Windshield WIpers: Invented Before Mass Production of Cars

By: Penny White

Liquid Paper® Inventor Bette Nesmith Graham: Graham's Product Became A Secretary’s Best Friend

By: Penny White

Chester F. Carlson, Inventor of the Photocopier: Xerography Born From the Drudgery of Making Perfect Copies at Work

By: Linda N. Riggins

Sir Richard Arkwright: The Preston Barber Who Became a Wealthy Cotton Manufacturer

By: Elaine Findlay

Luther Burbank the Wizard of Horticulture: World-Renowned Pioneer in Science of Agriculture

By: Feature Writer Kathleen Airdrie

The Early History of the Volkswagen Beetle: Ferdinand Porsche VW Bug Inventor

By: Feature Writer James Clausen

ENIAC is Prominent in Computer Industry History: Six Women Contributors are Early Computer Programmers

By: Donna West

Linus Pauling Double Nobel Prize Winner: The Life of the Chemist, Molecular Biologist and Peace Activist

By: Simon Davies

Charles Herrold Father of Radio Broadcasting: Early American Radio Inventor in Silicon Valley

By: Donna West

Who Invented London's A-Z Street Map? Phyllis Pearsall was Inventor of A-Z London Street Guide

By: Kathleen Duffy

Samuel Morse (1791 – 1872): American Painter and Inventor

By: Jo Lamb-White

Frozen Foods and Clarence Birdseye: Labrador Fishing and Preservation Inspired Food Industry Development

By: Feature Writer Kathleen Airdrie

Mary Dixon Kies, Female Patent Pioneer: First Woman Patent Holder Died Penniless in Brooklyn

By: Rosemary E. Bachelor

Potato Chip Legend: George Crum of Saratoga Springs, New York

By: Feature Writer Kathleen Airdrie

Alfred Nobel: Inventor, Entrepreneur, and Founder of the Nobel Prize

By: Ellen Phillips

Daniel Halladay Windmills and Western Settlement: United States Wind Engine and Water Pump Company

By: Feature Writer Kathleen Airdrie

Albert Einstein's Atomic Bomb Error: His Greatest Mistake was Hiroshima and Nagasaki's Nightmare.

By: Richard DeWayne Morris

Leonardo DaVinci: The Renaissance Man: From Mona Lisa to Architecture to Science

By: Richard DeWayne Morris

Mysterious Death of Rudolph Diesel: Controversy surrounds the demise of the diesel engine's inventor.

By: Feature Writer William Silvester

Galileo Galilei (1564-1642): Italian Astronomer, Mathematician and Natural Philosopher

By: Jo Lamb-White

Frederick Upham Adams: Boston Born Author and Ingenious Inventor of Machinery

By: Anya Laurence

Inventor Cyrus West Field: The Man Who Successfully Laid the Atlantic Cable

By: Anya Laurence

Marion Donovan: Disposable Diapers: Unsung Hero Was Patent Holder of Disposable Diapers and Covers

By: Jeannine Dugan

Biography of Antoine Lavoisier: The Father of Modern Chemistry

By: Simon Davies

The History of Tupperware: Earl Tupper and Brownie Wise Invented Food Storage Containers

By: Jeannine Dugan

A Forgotten Italian Inventor: Headline News Maker in 1915-16, but Does Anyone Remember Him Today?

By: Charles Anderson

Henry Ford, an Overview: This is the first of a series of planned articles on Henry Ford.

By: John Crandall

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